Rochdale Cowboy chords by Mike Harding

No 22 in the UK charts in 1975.

Spoken
Never before in the history of mankind has the story been told of those brave frontiersmen
who carved out a passage in the Northwest and made it a place fit for heroes to live in.
This is the story of one such man, sausage tosser extraordinare his name Fred Ackroyd.

Intro = C D G

Chorus
     G                      C
It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
G                           D
Spurs don't fit right on me clogs
     G            Bm        C
It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
     D                                             G
'Cos people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog

Verse 1
G                            C                 G
Almost every night there's a tripe and cowheel fight
G                          D
In our local pie and pea saloon
    G              Bm            C                  G
And poor old Uncle Fred he spent eighteen months in bed
                        D                      G
'Cos he tried to kiss a girl who's a boy named Sue

Chorus
     G                      C
It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
G                           D
Spurs don't fit right on me clogs
     G            Bm        C
It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
     D                                             G
'Cos people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog

Verse 2
G                                          C                G
When the sun shines in the west that's the time what I like best
                                           D
And I go out punching cows with me brother Jack
    G              Bm            C                  G
And poor old Uncle Fred he spent eighteen months in bed
                            D                        G
'Cos he punched one cow and she went and punched him back

Chords only as per verse

G C G D  G Bm C G D G

Verse 3
G                                C             G
In the local temperance bar we'd go and have a jar
                                            D
There's sarsaparilla and liquorice juice to drink
    G              Bm            C                  G
And poor old Uncle Fred he spent eighteen months in bed
                            D                 G
'Cos he supped the stuff he used to clean the sink

Chorus
         G                      C
And it's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
G                           D
Spurs don't fit right on me clogs
     G            Bm        C
It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
     D                                             G
'Cos people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog

Verse 4
G                             C                     G
Yer know when us cowpokes hit town we go an' 'orse around
                                          D
With them good time girls Elsie and Mucky Peg
     G                  Bm                  C                  G
When Auntie Kitty found Uncle Fred he spent eighteen months in bed
                                  D                       G
'Cos you can't run fast with your pants halfway down your legs

Chorus
     G                      C
It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
G                           D
Spurs don't fit right on me clogs
     G            Bm        C
It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
     D                                             G
'Cos people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog

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